{"id":32097,"date":"2013-12-28T08:00:25","date_gmt":"2013-12-28T13:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/?p=32097"},"modified":"2013-12-27T21:28:36","modified_gmt":"2013-12-28T02:28:36","slug":"college-basketball-picks-missouri-tigers-vs-nc-state-wolfpack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/college-basketball-picks-missouri-tigers-vs-nc-state-wolfpack-32097\/","title":{"rendered":"College Basketball Picks: Missouri Tigers vs. NC State Wolfpack"},"content":{"rendered":"

Missouri Tigers vs. NC State Wolfpack
\nSaturday, 12\/28\/13, 8:00 PM EST
\nOpening Point Spread:\u00a0 NC State -2
\nCurrent Betting Line:\u00a0 NC State -2.5
\nOpening Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nCurrent Total:\u00a0 N\/A
\nOdds Courtesy of Bookmaker<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The NC State Wolfpack are 0-3 SUATS as home favorites of three or fewer points the last two-plus seasons<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Missouri heads east to play a rare game against an ACC opponent, as it looks to bounce back from a 65-64 setback to the Illinois Fighting Illini as 1.5-point neutral-site favorites last Saturday, while going UNDER the betting total for a fourth consecutive contest.\u00a0 The Tigers returned just one starter from last season\u2019s 23-11 squad, which is important to consider when looking over the college basketball odds page.\u00a0 The program is searching for its first non-conference road win since Dec. 30, 2011.\u00a0 Missouri is 1-3 SUATS as road underdogs of three or fewer points the last two-plus seasons, with the UNDER going 3-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Tigers have really gotten after it on the defensive end recently, as they held UCLA and West Virginia to a combined 35 points below their scoring norms, which is important to consider when making your college basketball betting picks.\u00a0 Missouri is being led in scoring by the dynamic junior tandem of Jordan Clarkson and Jabari Brown, as the duo is combining to average 38.1 points per game.<\/p>\n

NC State was last seen on a basketball court picking up a 90-79 victory over the East Carolina Pirates last Saturday, while going OVER the betting total for the third time in four contests.\u00a0 The Wolfpack have three probable starters averaging in double figures, with sophomore forward T.J. Warren averaging a team-high 23.9 points per game.\u00a0 He ranked first in the ACC and sixth in major college basketball in that all-important statistical category.\u00a0 NC State is 0-3 SUATS as home favorites of three or fewer points the last two-plus seasons, with the OVER going 2-1 in that situation.<\/p>\n

The Wolfpack have won 14 of their last 15 games in Raleigh, including an 8-1 mark this season.\u00a0 NC State is one of the more efficient shooting teams in the country, as it knocks down 49.7 percent of its shots, including 58.2 last time out against the Pirates.\u00a0 No team in the country scores a higher percentage of its points on made two-point field goals than this one.<\/p>\n

Sports bettors will likely play the total, as the OVER is 7-0 in the Tigers\u2019 last seven road games following three or more consecutive home contests.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t miss out on a winning season and let the college basketball handicappers at Maddux Sports line your pockets with cash.\u00a0 Long term packages are available now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Missouri Tigers vs. NC State Wolfpack Saturday, 12\/28\/13, 8:00 PM EST Opening Point Spread:\u00a0 NC State -2 Current Betting Line:\u00a0 NC State -2.5 Opening Total:\u00a0 N\/A Current Total:\u00a0 N\/A Odds Courtesy of Bookmaker Missouri heads east to play a rare game against an ACC opponent, as it looks to bounce back from a 65-64 setback […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":181,"featured_media":25969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,1444],"tags":[387,7824,7851,433,4550,7944],"class_list":["post-32097","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-basketball","category-headlines","tag-acc","tag-jabari-brown","tag-jordan-clarkson","tag-missouri-tigers","tag-nc-state-wolfpack","tag-t-j-warren"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32097","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/181"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32097"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32097\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32098,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32097\/revisions\/32098"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32097"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32097"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.madduxsports.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32097"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}